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“The infrastructure for

K-pop just hasn’t been set up

inIndia yet. The moment it

happens, trust me, I will be

on a flight there.”

people, so many senses and I had to go back on my so it’s hard for promoters India’ and I really honestly Finally, is there a
so many things that you terms, on terms that I feel or my team to say, ‘Okay, want to do shows there. message you have for your
don’t feel or get anywhere will do India more justice. let’s make an investment But there isn’t a promoter Indian fans?
else in the world. It was I’ve been itching and dying to go India.’ It’s not and the infrastructure for Thank you so much for
unfortunate because the to go back, I just haven’t about money—it’s about K-pop just hasn’t been thinking of me, for
program I was with was had the right opportunity. connecting people and set up yet. The moment it supporting me all the way
really a mess. For the first Since you’re familiar doing things differently and happens, trust me, I will be from India. We haven’t
time in my life, I had gone with India, I kind of I think my career has been on a flight there. I would figured out how to get
somewhere to really try to wanted to get your insight a testament to that. India also love to collaborate with there yet but I believe and
do great things and it didn’t on this—over the past two has always been on the some Bollywood people and I hope that we’ll be able to
work out. But at the end of years the Hallyu Wave has radar [but] we don’t have some Indian artists! What do it sometime soon. If
the day, that was what got really taken off all over our the contacts and we don’t people don’t realize—or you guys have any
me to leave to go to Korea to country. However, what is have the context to be able rather I think still have a suggestions, please do
become a singer. the perspective that you to make those decisions. I misunderstanding about—is send them our way on the
That’s… really meta for and other artists in Korea often say, ‘I’m going to go how amazing production socials. I’m reading
me, I have to say. have of India as a market? back and I’m going to do it is in India, how intricate it everything all the time, so COURTESY OF CJ ENM
[laughs] Yeah, right? It’s hard to gauge what very well. I’m going to have all is in terms of music and hopefully I’ll see you guys
But as I left India, I knew the response is in India, the most amazing time in choreography. soon!

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